Paragymnopleurus maurus malayanus Ochi and Kon

Pokorný, Svatopluk & Zídek, Jiri, 2014, Review of the Gymnopleurini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). II. The genus Paragymnopleurus Shipp, Insecta Mundi 2014 (395), pp. 1-10 : 4

Paragymnopleurus maurus malayanus Ochi and Kon ( Fig. 6 ) and P. maurus pauliani Janssens ( Fig. 7 )

We compared BMNH and OXUM specimens of P. maurus malayanus from Malaysia and P. maurus pauliani from Borneo ( Brunei) with the nominotypical subspecies. We have not found any morphological differences, and therefore regard these taxa as full synonyms of P. maurus maurus .

Figures

Figures 1-9. 1) Paragymnopleurus ambiguus Janssens, female, 23 mm. 2) P. stipes japonicus Balthasar [= P. ambiguus], male holotype, 21 mm. 3) P. brahminus (Waterhouse), female, 21 mm. 4) P. martinezi Balthasar, male holotype, 14 mm. 5) P. maurus maurus (Sharp), male, 16.5 mm. 6) P. maurus malayanus Ochi and Kon, female, 15.5 mm. 7) Paragymnopleurus maurus pauliani Janssens, female, 15.5 mm. 8) P. melanarius (Harold), male, 19.5 mm. 9) P. planus (Sharp), male, 17 mm.